The Voice of the Planet Clarion
by Bethurum, Truman
Prescott: Sanctuary of Thought, 1957. Pamphlet. Very Good. Second Printing. Enlarged Edition. Very Good. Green wraps toned at the edges, lightly bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. Bethurum's poetic accounts of his contacts with Aura Rhanes, the titular "voice of the planet Clarion." From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Rasmussen... Read More
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Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound
by Betrock, Alan
New York: Delilah Books, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps faded at the spine, lightly bumped at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A heavily illustrated behind-the-scenes account of various girl groups between 1960-1965.
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The Life of John Marshall
by Beveridge, Albert J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes in two, each with the signature of MLB Hall of Famer Bill Veeck. Very Good. Half leather binding, rubbed at the edges and corners, toned at the spines. Square and firmly bound with gilt top edges, clean internally. An early edition of Beveridge's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the... Read More
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A Goddess Named Gold
by Bhattacharya, Bhabani
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally soiled and rubbed, bumped at the corners. Quarter yellow cloth, faded at the edges, with black paper on the boards, bumped at the corners. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. Bhattacharya's modern fable of India... Read More
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Music for Mohini
by Bhattacharya, Bhabani
New York: Angus and Robertson, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (17s. 6d.), generally toned, soiled at the back panel. Red boards, lightly bumped, with back ink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. Bhattacharya's novel of parents seeking a traditional arranged marriage... Read More
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The Religious Experience of Revolutionaries
by Bianchi, Eugene C.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), crossed out in pencil, lightly rubbed. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, speckled edges, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Bianchi's study of important "religious" revolutionaries Che... Read More
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
by Bierce, Ambrose
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. Edited and with an Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. Illustrated by Paul Landacre. Near Fine. Blue leather, faintly rubbed at the bottom corners, with gilt lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, sewn-in bookmark, clean internally.
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Shadows of Blue and Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce
by Bierce, Ambrose
New York: Forge | Tom Doherty, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Black paper with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of all of Bierce's Civil War stories published with six excerpts from his memoirs of his experiences.
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Death Is an Early Riser
by Bigelow, John Mason
New York: Scribner's, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, rubbed at the edges. Blue-green buckram, toned at the gutter, with blue lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark blue top stain, former owner's information inside the front... Read More
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My Miss Nancy
by Bigger, Ruby Vaughan
Macon: J.W. Burke Co, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Fair. Pictorial paper on the boards, heavily rubbed, split through at the spine. Square, front hinge cracked at the title page, gift inscription on the front endpaper. An account of the "tomboyish and tumultuous childhood" of Lady Astor, the first woman to sit in the British Parliament, told by... Read More
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The Trap
by Billany, Dan
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (10s 6d net), generally toned. Beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, some foxing at the fore-edge and endpapers, clean otherwise. Billany's novel of a young... Read More
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The Eagle and the Lion; The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations
by Bill, James A.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), bumped and rubbed at the edges, a few shallow chips and tears. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few stains at the edges, clean internally. Bill's history of... Read More
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Amazons
by Birdwell, Cleo [DeLillo, Don]
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by DeLillo on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95), lightly bumped at the top edge. Quarter red cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. DeLillo's pseudonymous fictional memoir of the first female NHL player,... Read More
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First Poems
by Birkin, Vera
Nottingham: Henry B. Saxton, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Inscribed by Birkin on the front endpaper. Good, lacking the jacket. Quarter brown cloth, chipped at the foot, with blue paper on the boards and a rubbed pastedown on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Birkin's first collection of poetry, one... Read More
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The Crow: A Murder of Crows
by Bischoff, David; Brite, Poppy Z.; Williamson, Chet
New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inspired by the series created by James O'Barr. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faintly rubbed and bumped at the edges. Black paper with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few faint stains at the edges, clean... Read More
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Poems North & South - A Cold Spring
by Bishop, Elizabeth
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Early Printing. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped, small tears and chips at the edges, creases throughout, a scar at the foot of the spine. Blue cloth, soiled, toned at the spine, white ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An early... Read More
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Hawaiian Life of the Pre-European Period
by Bishop, Marcia Brown
Salem: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An account of pre-European Hawaiian life with special attention paid to their houses, fisheries, sports, instruments, and plates.
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Transfigurations
by Bishop, Michael
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. With an illustrated bookplate signed by Bishop laid-in. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($10.95), soiled at the front panel as if text from another jacket transferred onto the flap, soiled at the back panel. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on... Read More
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No Enemy by Time
by Bishop, Michael
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Ellen Farley. Introduction by Pamela Sargent. Fine. Brown leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, sewn-in bookmark, and with the original laid-in receipt, unused bookplate, and Collector's Note. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series.
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Informal Logic: The First International Symposium
by Blair, J. Anthony; Johnson, Ralph H.
Inverness: Edgepress, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Good. Wraps toned and soiled, creases at the top spine fold and down the spine edge. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's signature on the half-title, clean otherwise. A collection of papers presented at the symposium, featuring writing from Kahane, Douglas Walton, John Woods, Peter Minkus, Robert Binkley, Alex... Read More
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The Atlas Paradox
by Blake, Olivie
New York: Tor, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($27.99), faintly bumped at the top edge. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The sequel to The Atlas Six.
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The Phantom with Wings of Gold
by Blasco-Ibanez, Vincente
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Translated by Arthur Livingston. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), generally rubbed at the surface, a crease at the front flap, soiled at the back panel. Purple cloth, toned at the spine, lightly rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound... Read More
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Which Way to Mecca, Jack
by Blatty, William Peter
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Blatty on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally rubbed and soiled, a few shallow chips at the edges and folds. Quarter red cloth with beige paper on the boards, a spot of rubbing at the top-right corner.... Read More
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Imagination Unlimited; Science-Fiction and Science
by Bleiler, Everett F.; Dikty, T.E.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Signature of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the front endpaper. Good, lacking the jacket. Quarter beige cloth with green paper on the boards, both generally toned and soiled. Firmly bound with a slight backward lean, foxed at the edges, toned at the endpapers. A collection of literary criticism... Read More
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Black Easter; Or Faust Aleph-Null
by Blish, James
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Gutter Code J21. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally toned. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. Blish's dark fantasy about demons summoned to earth to wreak havoc. Together with The Day... Read More
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